Tru Thoughts Presents Unfold

Deep beats from Shy One and Daniel Maunick. Soul from dego feat Samii and STR4TA. A track from the forthcoming Palm Skin Productions album on Tru Thoughts. UK classics from The Sindecut and Loose Ends. Epic music from the new SAULT album. A track from the new Horace Andy album. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

Reggae from Queen Ifrica and Chronixx (produced by Info). Beats with Strings from UNKLE. Hip Hop fromODB, Ultramagnetic MCs and Public Enemy. A classic from Chaka Khan. Dancefloor Jazz from corto.alto and Rebecca Vasmant. Drum & Bass from Ben Hauke, Dub Phizix and Om Unit. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

A song from Allysha Joy’s forthcoming album on First Word Records. Hip Hop from KRS One’s new album, Busta Rhymes feat Rakim and Chris Rock and a classic from A Tribe Called Quest. Deep meditative choir styles from Beautiful Chorus. Jazzy Jeff & James Poyser remixing Moonchild. Alex Nut reworks Sade. A tune from Prince and a quality Drum & Bass tune from Zero T. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

Playing a classic from The Roots (Big up to Questlove on his Oscar win for the important Summer Of Soul film). A track from the album of Oscar winner Riz Ahmed’s short film (Big up Riz). Hip Hop from Slum Village, Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. Previously unreleased music from Charles Stepney on the ever excellent International Anthem. Quality House from Austin Ato. A track from the new Sly5thAve & Roberto Verástegui album on Tru Thoughts. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

An excellent track from the Fatima & Joe Armon Jones release. Quality beats from sndtrack on Street Corner Music. Hip Hop from Brand Nubian. Robert Glasper and Lalah Hathaway cover Tears For Fears. Check the tune from Brighton based singer and producer Blu Ernest. A peaceful anthem from Lonnie Liston Smith. Jazz Beats from Gee W. A big Broken Beat, House, Brazilian fusion tune from Nikitch & Kuna Maze from their forthcoming second album on Tru Thoughts. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A special DJ mix from Robert this week with some of the tunes that have been going down well at his Sonic Switch club night in Brighton recently. Drum & Bass from OneDa, StillZ and A.K.A. Hip Hop from Mos Def, Skibadee & Det. A big new dancefloor tune from Nikitch & Kuna Maze from their forthcoming second album on Tru Thoughts. DFA remixing M.I.A. Percussive grooves from Torozebu on Black Acre. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the excellent Jimetta Rose album produced by House Shoes. Soul from Moonchild feat Tank and The Bangas and Jimmy Scott covering Prince (who was 73 when he recorded this version). Wonderful uplifting harp music from Alina Bzhezhinska. Boogie Jazz by JD73’s ElectTrio on the excellent Colin Curts compilation. Jazz Broken Beat fusion from Rebecca Vasmant. Producer Villem does a quality downtempo tune which is taken from the Drum & Bass producer 130+ tracks compilation Together With Ukraine. A play of the Bun Down Boris track from the new album by DJ Vadim feat Irah, Killa & Lasai. Plus plenty more musical treats.

In tribute to Skibadee, the influential and legendary MC, we play some of his more Hip Hop orientated releases, including his big club track Tika Toc and music from the project 2 X Freestyle (Skibadee & Det). Rest In Peace. An all time Reggae classic from Fabian plus brand new music from Chronixx (produced by Inflo) and Shy FX and Liam Bailey. Hip Hop from Paula Perry (produced by DJ Premier). Jazz Beats from Ebi Soda feat Yazz Ahmed on Tru Thoughts. A great tune from Kutiman & Elif Çağlar. A track influenced by the UK 90’s / 00’s Asian Underground scene from yourboykiran but done in a futuristic style. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from the new Moonchild album. Hip Hop from Godfather Don, Kendrick Lamar, Ghostface and a classic from Talib Kweli produced by Kanye West. Pioneering Funk Soul from the influential Betty Davis (Rest In Peace). Broken Beat from Bruk Rogers on CoOpR8, Quiet Dawn on First Word and Rebecca Vasmant on Tru Thoughts. A track from the excellent London Pirate Radio Adverts on Death Is Not The End. Drum & Bass from Paul SG, DJ Die and a big tune that’s rocking the dancefloor at Sonic Switch from OneDa, Sam Binga and Particle. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A special DJ Mix with the music and songs from Lata Mangeshkar (Rest In Peace) and tracks that have been influenced by her releases including Mos Def, Slick Rick, Madlib, Jaylib, Planet Asia, Four Tet, Little Simz, Flying Lotus, Truth Hurts, Rakim and more. Plus music from Moonchild, Bonobo and Bigga Bush.

Harp music from Brandee Younger. Hip Hop from dereck d.a.c, DJ Premier & 2 Chainz. Plus three songs from different eras that are all connected from De La Soul (produced by Jay Dee), Ahmad Jamal and Lance Ferguson. Brand new Jazz from Sly5thAve & Roberto Verástegui. Broken Beat from Jonny Faith and Alison David remixed by Afronaut. Dancefloor Jazz from Theon Cross and Ebi Soda. The excellent Nina Simone track from the Summer Of Soul (Or When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) soundtrack. A track from Bristol’s Slowe. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from Sly & Robbie (Rest In Peace Robbie Shakespeare) feat N’Dea Davenport on vocals. Rebecca Vasmant remixes Tamil Rogeon. A wonderful track from Black Flower. Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy remixes Lady Blackbird. A track from the Stoney & Meatloaf album on Motown off shoot Rare Earth. Hip Hop from Gawd Status feat Jehst, Kojey Radical and a UK classic from Caveman. Alex Reece’s deep D&B remix of United Future Organisation on Talkin Loud. A track from the new Quantic EP on Aus Music. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from FloFilz feat Alfa Mist. Soul from Moonchild feat Lalah Hathaway and FKJ feat Jordan Rakei. Drum and Bass from A.K.A and a big tune from Tyke & Recipe feat Dakota Sixx. Hip Hop from Ghostface, De La Soul and Organized Konfusion. A track from the new Bonobo album which samples his own remix of Nostalgia 77(which gets a play too). Kid Fonque with a deep Broken Beat remix. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A cover of the classic Doris tune by Matt Berry with Emma Noble on vocals. Brand new music from Moonchild featuring Lalah Hathaway. A quality song from Bristol based singer, instrumentalist and producer Slowe. Uplifting soul from Paul Johnson & Daz I Cue. A tune from Mtume (Rest In Peace). Hip Hop with a message from Gawd Status feat Jehst and Your Old Droog feat MF DOOM. The epic STR4TA remix of Anushka. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Best of 2021 (Part 4) with some favourite tunes of last year that will no doubt be sounding good in 2022 too. Songs from Lady Blackbird and Quantic & Nidia Góngora. Hip Hop from KRS One. Dancefloor tracks from sUb_modU, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Ashley Beedle and Darren Morris. Drum & Bass from Calibre, Unglued and Workforce. A big tune from Ivy Lab. The heavy shaking tune from The Bug feat Flowdan. A cover of a classic Frankie Knuckles song by Reggae Disco Rockers form Japan. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Best of 2021 (Part 3). With a track from Little Simz. Hip Hop from Rakim, Sly5thAve feat Marlon Craft, and Common. Jazz from Daniel Casimir. Broken Beat from EVM128 remixed by Cengiz. Quality tunes from Sault and Moonchild Sanelly. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Best Of 2021 Show Part 2. With music from Hiatus Kaiyote, Greentea Peng, Cleo Sol and Bina. Broken Beat from Afronaut. Boogie from Nu Genea. The big anthem from Chandé & yourboykiran. A track form the Madlib album. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Best of year selections (Part 1) on the show this week. With big vocal tunes from MELONYX, Children Of Zeus, Tyson and MidnightRoba. Hip Hop from Quakers, The Black Opera, Gawd Status and Lex Amor. Dancefloor tunes from Close Counters, WheelUP, STR4TA and Bruk Rogers. Jazz from Emma Jean Thackray and LCSM. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the new Aurora Dee Raynes album on Tru Thoughts. IG Culture reworks Jamiroquai Broken Beat style. UK Garage / Dancehall fusion from Main Phase. Hip Hop from Rakim. A great tune from Chowerman x Owleybeats. Future Soul from Sahala. A track from the new Nightmares On Wax album. Plus plenty more musical treats.

The new single from Rebecca Vasmant on Tru Thoughts fusing Jazz and Broken Beat. A classic from IG Culture’s New Sector Movement. A hypnotic track from Anadol. A wonderful Afrobeat tune from Ahmed Sirour. Drum & Bass from Jack Boston, Madcap and Dr Meaker. A Broken Beat style Remix from Virgil Abloh (Rest In Peace). Soul from Moonchild and Tyson. Plus plenty more musical treats.